Well, Colin Kaepernick would have likely earned a start if he played every game, but Cam Newton wasn’t nearly as bad as some would make out. That opinion owed a lot to getting caught up in the highlights last year, but he’s still a franchise quarterback.

These media types don't realize the monster they are creating with their backhanded compliments, outright snubs, and blatant lies. NFL teams with a chip on their shoulder usually end up winning and taking dumps on the heads of all their haters.

name Cam to the All-sophomore team then spend the whole paragraph talking about Kaepernick.

I know Khaled, he's just trying to blunt the 49ers fan venom if he didn't mention Kaep, and pointing out that Cam's sophomore campaign was being compared against only the highlights of his rookie year.